diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
index 79b123ee47..fccac75b41 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 
 CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::ScriptEdit (QWidget* parent, const CSMDoc::Document& document) :
     QTextEdit (parent),
-    mDocument (document)
+    mDocument (document),
+    mWhiteListQoutes("^[a-z|_]{1}[a-z|0-9|_]{0,}$", Qt::CaseInsensitive)
 {
     mAllowedTypes <<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Journal
                   <<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Global
@@ -79,10 +80,9 @@ void CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::dropEvent (QDropEvent* event)
     }
 }
 
-bool CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::stringNeedsQuote (const std::string& id)
+bool CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::stringNeedsQuote (const std::string& id) const
 {
-    QString string(QString::fromStdString(id)); //<regex> is only for c++11, so let's use qregexp for now.
+    const QString string(QString::fromStdString(id)); //<regex> is only for c++11, so let's use qregexp for now.
     //I'm not quite sure when do we need to put quotes. To be safe we will use quotes for anything other than…
-    QRegExp regexp("^[a-z|_]{1}[a-z|0-9|_]{0,}$", Qt::CaseInsensitive);
-    return !(string.contains(regexp));
+    return !(string.contains(mWhiteListQoutes));
 }
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.hpp
index afad120485..b4627c2fee 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "../../model/world/universalid.hpp"
 
 class QWidget;
+class QRegExp;
 
 namespace CSMDoc
 {
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ namespace CSVWorld
         private:
             QVector<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type> mAllowedTypes;
             const CSMDoc::Document& mDocument;
+            const QRegExp mWhiteListQoutes;
 
             void dragEnterEvent (QDragEnterEvent* event);
 
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ namespace CSVWorld
 
             void dragMoveEvent (QDragMoveEvent* event);
 
-            bool stringNeedsQuote(const std::string& id);
+            bool stringNeedsQuote(const std::string& id) const;
     };
 }
 #endif // SCRIPTEDIT_H
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